Twain/scanning problem in PS 6

TF
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tommy_flick
Aug 23, 2004
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Hi. When I use Photoshop 6.0 to scan, I can preview the image in Twain, but when I try to scan, it will try to start, but won’t do anything. I have Win 98, a Mustek A3 EP scanner, anything else I could tell you if you need to know. I appreciate any help!

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YrbkMgr
Aug 23, 2004
Has it always been this way or did it used to work the way you expect?

Is that a paralell port scanner or a SCSI?

Have you tried reinstalling or updating the twain software that came with it?

Peace,
Tony
TF
tommy_flick
Aug 23, 2004
It’s always worked fine wiht Photo Plus, It’s a parralel port scanner.

I’ll look into updating the Twain software. Thanks!
TF
tommy_flick
Aug 24, 2004
The driver for my scanner seems to not be available.
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YrbkMgr
Aug 24, 2004
Photoshop reads TWAIN drivers – to my knowledge it’s not going to find a parallel port printer. If there’s no twain driver for your scanner, PS won’t see it. But if the scanner came with any external software, you can usually scan with that, save them as Tif files and bring them into photoshop (if that’s where you’d like to do your editing).

If it doesn’t come with other standalone scan software and you want to edit them in Photoshop, you can use Photo Plus to bring them into your computer, save as Tiff, and then, again, bring them into Photoshop.

Peace,
Tony
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dave_milbut
Aug 24, 2004
<http://www.scanner-drivers.com/drivers/32/32372.htm>

see the above for a link to the driver, but it might be time for a new scanner. how old is it?

usb scanners are cheap! cheap! cheap! and you’ll get double the quality of your old mustek. sometimes we must say goodbye to old friends! <sniff> 🙂
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YrbkMgr
Aug 24, 2004
When you check out that link referred to by the one Dave listed, it says Driver Downloads for Europe version. So… caveat emptor.

Peace,
Tony

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